Window-shade



N I @am P. MICHEL.

WINDoW SHADE. No. 245,197. Patented Aug..2, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE,

PHILIP MICHEL, OF STAPLETON, NEW YORK.

WINDOWFSHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,197, dated August 2, 1881.

Application filed June 1S, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP MICHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stapleton, in the countyofltichmond and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of window-shades embodying a sheet-metal bindingstrip; and it consists in a retaining strip or shoulder on the lower edge of the shade, for the reception of-the binding-strip, the latter being bent or shaped transversely to en gage the retaining strip or shoulder; also, in constructing the retaining-strip in sections., to save material and allow the. shade to fold crosswise.

This invention is illustra-ted in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure. 1 represents a side view, partly in section. Fig. 1*' is a similar view, omitting the binding-strip. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section on the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

lllhe letter -A designates the shade, B the retaining strip or shoulder, and C the binding-strip.

The retaining-strip B is a fixture of the shade, in contradistinction to the bindingstrip C, which is detachable, the retainingstrip being arranged on the lower edge ot the shade. In this example the retaining-strip B is made of sheet metal, and it is secured by being bent to embrace the shade, and struck np at divers points, forming barbs d, which pass through the shade; but, if desired, the retaining-strip may be made of wood or other similar material, and secured in various other ways, which will readily suggest themselves to a skilled mechanic;` or the retaining-strip may be formed by folding the lower edgeot' the shade on itself, thus increasing the thickness of the shade at that edge and forming a sioulder for the engagement of the bindings rip.

The binding-strip C is made of sheet metal, and is bent or shaped transversely in such a manner that its longitudinal edges approach each other, leaving sntci-ent spacebetv them to admit the shade, the body of this s being adapted to embrace the retaining s or shoulder, and when it is desired to a] the binding-strip it is simply slid on tlu taining strip or shoulder from either end th of, thus engaging the same by means ot lips e formed by its approaching edges.

The peculiar advantage gained by the us the retaining strip or shoulder B is that binding-strip requires no pressing or ol tool-work in its attachment, allowing it t1 oruamented in any desired manner witl danger ot' defaein g theornamentation, and that the binding-strip is thus rendered det` able.

The retaining-strip B is made in seeth which are independent ot' each other, as shi in Fig. 1*. By this construction oi' the taining-strip the lower edge ot' the shad rendered flexible, and thc whole is adaptei fold crosswise when the binding-strip is moved, while I am enabled to use shortpin of material, which obviously is economica What I claim as new, and desire to se( by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a window-sh provided at its lower edge with a retain strip or shoulder, as described, ot'a sheet-m binding-strip, constructed to embrace thc taining strip or shoulder, substantially as for the purpose set forth.

2. 'lhe combination, with the shade, oi' retaining strip or shoulder and the detach: sheet-metal binding-strip, bent or sha transversely to engage the retaining stril shoulder, substantially as described.

3. rlhe combination, with thc shade, ot' fixed retaining-stri p, constructed of indep( cnt sections, substantially as and for the pose described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto my hand and seal in the presence of two i scribing witnesses.

PI-l. MICHEL. [Le Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, GIIAs. WAHLEns. 

